Welcome to the Wednesday Cats of Catster! Each month, we ask our cat-loving Catsters to weigh in on a brand new subject. This week, we requested them about nicknames: What do you name your cat, aside from their actual title? Right here’s what they needed to say:
Crystal & Ivy
Giving your pet a nickname is critical enterprise – nothing is off the desk, and so they want at the least 3. Hey – I don’t make the foundations!
Ivy is a kitty that goes by many names. Her unique, full title is definitely ‘Ivara’ – my fiance received to call her. Nevertheless, she’s solely referred to as this when she’s been very naughty! Very like your mother and father solely calling you by your full title if you’ve REALLY stuffed up!
Over time, she’s gathered fairly a set of nicknames!
Listed here are some private favorites:
- Kitty: Good for on a regular basis use, all the time will get her consideration.
- Kissie: Derived from ‘Kitty.’ Used when she’s being particularly cutesy.
- Skarmunkel: Loosely interprets to ‘scoundrel’ – used when she’s being cheeky, or slinking slyly round the home.
- Klein Baba Ivy: Loosely interprets to ‘Little Child Ivy’ – as a result of she is, in actual fact, just a bit child.
- Skunky: She seems to be a bit like a skunk scurrying round at instances.
- Biskitty: Her beloved biscuits. It’s solely becoming that she has a nickname honoring them.
- Cookie: Used each day, ALWAYS will get her consideration!
These are however a number of of the nicknames we’ve made for her, and he or she reacts to all of them impressively!
Giving your kitty 50+ nicknames isn’t simple, however somebody’s gotta do it! Does your cat have any particularly distinctive nicknames?
Isabel & Milly
I very seldomly name Milly ‘Milly’. Solely when referring to her in dialog. It’s ironic, isn’t it? We give our pets names solely to call them every little thing however their chosen title. I believe it occurs as a result of they’re simply too darn cute to have just one, socially acceptable title.
They want extra. They deserve extra. And it must be both humorously becoming or utterly outrageous.
Pet nicknaming is an artwork type. One doesn’t actively strive to consider a nickname for a pet. It simply comes. It’s a ravishing course of, actually. Pet nicknames often play on their traits or what makes them distinctive. They will also be utterly random and 100% unrelated to them however nonetheless really feel very becoming.
Permit me to take you thru Milly’s nickname timeline.
Her first nickname as a kitten was “Milandrie,” a somewhat frequent feminine Afrikaans title. It simply got here to us whereas she was inflicting havoc in our pupil residence condo. It felt very becoming since you really feel like a mom scolding a toddler when saying it in Afrikaans – “Milandrie, klim nou van die balkonreling af! (Milandrie, get off the balcony railing now!)”
Since then, it has advanced into many alternative issues:
- “Mielie,” which is Afrikaans for corn. Completely unrelated. It simply rolls off the tongue.
- “Mielie-muis,” which isn’t an official phrase. In English, it could be “Corn-Mouse.” Once more, utterly unrelated – she simply is, in actual fact, typically a “Mielie-Muis.”
- Then it morphed into Mini-Muis (Mini-Mouse) as a result of she typically seems to be like a small mouse. See photograph above for reference. That is probably the most frequent one.
- Then some extra outrageous ones are used for particular events like:
- Pof-mielie (“pof” is like puffy or fluffy in English)
- Pof-duif or Pofduifie (fluffy dove or small fluffy dove)
- Hoender-nekkie (little hen neck)
And the listing goes on. Examine in subsequent month for extra about Milly! And tell us within the feedback under what you name your cat.
Cheers vir eers!
(Cheers for now)
Wes & Raphael
I’ve all the time thought pet nicknames are a humorous factor as a result of, supposedly, we already selected the proper title for them. However, we are able to’t RESIST discovering one thing that’s shorter (or typically longer) and suits even higher (or typically worse). Evidently, I’ve additionally fallen sufferer to the curse of the nickname with regards to Raphael. I assumed I’d take you thru just some from the gathering:
- “Raphy” – an absolute basic. For when Raphael goes to take far too lengthy to get out of the mouth.
- “Stunning boy” – not solely the reality however essential that he is aware of it.
- “Smelly boots” – in all probability probably the most closely utilized in our place. Does he put on boots? By no means. Does he scent? Typically. Both he smells unimaginable or horrible; there may be by no means an alternate.
- “Rapha-smell” – a improbable pun; see above for any additional clarification required.
- “Little scooch” – even when he might perceive what this implies, he wouldn’t get it as a result of, frankly, I don’t both.
Based mostly on the photographs you’ve seen of my stunning boy, are you able to let me know your suggestions for a brand new nickname? I’m all the time open to options!
This text options all of our Wednesday Cats of Catster.
